An interesting and colourfull wall drawing was discovered in one of the office spaces at Maastricht station. Pictured is a typical Maastricht street, painted directly on the stucco surface with different colors. The size is approximately 80 by 80 cm. Together with the contractor a frame is made to save the image for future generations.
Work on the Maastricht station continues. Not visible from the street, new facade openings are made to provide daylight for the office spaces on the mezzanine. Shape and size correspond to existing openings, filled in with a modern interpretation of the original windows.
Last Friday Villa Breedband (Arnhem) was formally handed over to the owner, Breedband. With a sneak preview of the new photo series by Jannes Linders.
Today was the official start of the construction ‘redevelopment of the Maastricht station building’, designeb by Ruland Architecten. The contractor is Laudy Bouw from Sittard, the project is commissioned by NS Stations.
The monumental character, the original grandeur and spatial quality of the building will be restored. Empty spaces are filled in and the program is expanded with a Grand Café with a terrace on the station square. The station is resuming its position as a logical link in the urban fabric of the city of Maastricht.
The work for the facade repair of Enschede station is now in full swing. The Twentse Courant Tubantia has placed an article with a short impression on its website.
Of course, Ruland Architecten also builds in the station area with Villa Breedband: the building is located near the Sonsbeek exit of Arnhem Central. The connection with the urban development of the station area is clearly visible.
The panorama photo of the first floor already gives a good impression of the future office spaces for Villa Broadband. The work on the curtain walls, the brickwork core and the installations continue.
The Enschede station building was designed by the then Rail Architect H.G.J. Schelling within the “system architecture” that he often applied; buildings designed on a regular grid and constructed from precast concrete elements. During a renovation in 2000, a large part of this prefab concrete facade was replaced by natural stone slabs, in deviation from this system architecture. However, this facade cladding does not meet the construction requirements.
In the facade recovery plan of Ruland Architecten, the natural stone is replaced by the characteristic facade concrete elements. These will be reproduced on the basis of the old drawings and molds. As a result, the monumental station building regains its original appearance and the cohesion in Schelling’s unique design is restored
Today, the restored retail space for the AKO has been taken into use. The rooms have been brought back to their original size and the old color scheme has been re-applied. That the entrances to the retail space have been converted into an open and transparent entrance. This new entrance is set back from the natural stone entrance portals.
Villa Breedband will be built with a characteristic curved glass façade. The first glass panels have been placed, as have the first anodized aluminium panels. To accentuate the partition the façace be fitted with horizontal aluminium cover strips where as the vertical joints will be sealed.